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Queensland Cops a Drenching with More Rain to Come
Heavy rainfall totals of up to 200mm may cause life-threatening flash flooding across south-east Queensland, affecting millions and prompting widespread flood watches and emergency responses.
- On Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology warned heavy, locally intense rainfall may cause dangerous, life-threatening flash flooding across Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast with up to 200 millimetres expected.
- An incoming humid tropical airmass has pushed into Queensland after the system arrived from outback Australia, which has already brought the highest rain totals in up to 15 years this month.
- Forecasters point to six‑hourly rainfall totals between 50 and 90mm, isolated to 150mm, and senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said `The highest rainfall totals are likely to be tied to thunderstorms today`.
- Local councils and emergency services have opened Gold Coast sandbag stations and responded to stranded people, stuck vehicles, inundated homes, and one woman rescued after 11 hours clinging to a tree.
- Modelling indicates between now and Monday that 50 to 100mm is likely, prompting a flood watch for more than 20 rivers from the Central Highlands to the Northern Rivers, while the BOM monitors a tropical low in the Coral Sea expected to build over two days.
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Southeast Queensland and parts of northern New South Wales are preparing for more heavy rainfall and potential flooding, including by opening flood sandbag stations. Some areas previously received over 100 millimeters of rain overnight.
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